Holder DNA Genealogy Project
Current Status
As of November 19, 2018, we have the following HOLDER Y-DNA samples in our project. In most cases, the donor is a grandson or great-grandson of the last person named. Please see the RESULTS page for a summary table.Also see Bill Holder's 1880 census project. Links have been added to the appropriate state pages in this project for some of our Holder participants.
Don Holder's site for Holders in Texas [link added October 2018].
#1 Group A. USA: Thomas Holder & Susannah Bunch, Bertie Co. NC > John Holder & Mary Jackson, Bertie & Orange Co. NC > Aaron Holder & Rebeccah Evans; Orange, Wake & Chatham Co. NC > John Holder & Maryanne Elizabeth Smith, Chatham Co. NC, Joseph Isaiah Holder & Sarah Eveline Worthington, Chatham County, NC to Alachua County, Florida. This sample defines family group A.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
John Holder 1817-?, Chatham Co. NC (211)
Joseph Isaiah Holder 1867-?, Chatham Co. NC (215)
#2 Group B. USA: John Holder 1694-1784, m. Barbara Volck; sometimes spelled Holter > Joseph Holder > George > John > John > Jacob > Claude
London, England to Dutchess County NY (1710), Philadelphia/Bucks Counties PA, Berks/Lehigh Counties PA, Surry/Stokes Counties NC, Lawrence County IN, Woodford County IL, Gage County NE, Rawlins County KS, Harlan and Adams Counties NE, Denver County CO.
This sample defines group B.
Haplogroup I-P37
1880 census:
John Holder 1821-1887, Woodford Co. IL (75)
Jacob Manford Holder 1854-1921, Woodford Co. IL (101)
#3 Group A. USA: Thomas Holder & Susannah Bunch, Bertie Co. NC > John Holder & Mary Jackson, Bertie & Orange Co. NC > Aaron Holder & Rebeccah Evans; Orange, Wake & Chatham Co. NC > John Holder & Maryanne Elizabeth Smith, Chatham Co. NC > John Henry Holder & Eldora Holland, Chatham County, NC
This sample matches #1 and others in group A.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
John Holder 1817-?, Chatham Co. NC (211)
John Henry Holder 1856-?, Chatham Co. NC (212)
#4 Group A . USA: Thomas Holder & Susannah Bunch, Bertie Co. NC > John Holder & Mary Jackson, Bertie & Orange Co. NC > Aaron Holder & Rebeccah Evans; Orange, Wake & Chatham Co. NC > Gilbert Evans Holder (1811-after 1880) Wake County, NC and Lincoln, Bedford and Moore County, TN > Aaron Wesley Holder (1834-1907) Wake County, NC and Lincoln, Bedford amd Marshall County, TN
This sample matches #1 and others in group A.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Gilbert Evans Holder 1811-?, Moore Co. TN (124)
Aaron Wesley Holder 1834-1907, Marshall Co. TN (255)
#5 Group D. USA: William Presley Holder (ca. 1780/1780 NC or TN - ca. 1830, Jefferson Co. TN) > Eppa Samuel Holder (1821-1884) Knox Co. TN to Caldwell Co. MO > James Holder (1845-1900) Ray and Caldwell Counties MO.
This sample matches #8 over 24/25 markers (group D), with the divergent marker being a relatively stable one, and also matches #18 24/25 but with the divergent marker one of the more rapidly mutating ones.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Eppa Samuel Holder 1821-1884, Caldwell Co. MO (254)
James Holder 1845-1900, Caldwell Co. MO (138)
#6 Group C. USA: Alexander Valentine Holder b. Indiana 1840, thought to be the son of James Holder and Lucinda Worley who married in Indiana in 1838; Alexander was father of James Lee Holder (1874-1935), born in Missouri; descendants in Oklahoma
This sample is unique so far and defines group C.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Alexander Valentine Holder 1840-1931, Andrew Co. MO (238)
#7 Group E. USA: John Holder (1748) > Moses Franklin Holder (1780) > William Holder 1812, Franklin Co. TN.
This sample is unique so far and defines group E. We've recently learned that this sample probably descends through a female HOLDER ancestor who took back her maiden name after her marriage dissolved. Therefore the DNA of this donor matches her husband's biological ancestry, not the Holders.
Haplogroup R-M269
#8 Group D. USA: Solomon Holder b. 1774; descendants to Pendleton Co. SC and Franklin Co. TN > Alfred Holder 1797 Pendelton Dist. SC to Dade Co. MO > William James Holder 1835 Madison Co. AL, to MO > William Hamilton Holder b. 1869 MO to KS
This sample belongs to group D.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
William Hamilton Holder 1869-1936, expected to be in Pettis Co. MO in 1880, but not found
#9 Group D. USA: John Holder of Boonesboro KY
This sample is identical to #8 over 37 markers.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
William Dunbar Holder 1824-1900, Lafayette Co. MS (38)
Eugene Michel Holder 1869-1946, Lafayette Co. MS (43)
#10 Group F. USA: Samuel Holder (1803-1864 b. PA, d. MO) > John Holder b. 1833 Ohio, married Margaret Hughs b. 1845 of Kentucky. This sample was unique at the time of testing and defined Group F. Subsequently two samples (81 and #117) have been tested from men named Holter rather than Holder, and these are similar enough to #10 to be included in Group F.
Haplogroup formerly R-M198, now R-M512<1880 census:
James Holder b. 1833, Ohio; Atchison Co. KS (18)
Joseph Edgar Holder 1871-1935 Atchison Co. KS (23)
#12 Group D. USA: Bennett Holder, born 1805, South Carolina; 1820 Franklin Co.
Tennessee; 1830 and 1840 Jackson Co. Alabama; 1850 McNairy Co. TN; 1850
through 1886 Lawrence County, Arkansas. Thomas Holder, born 1828 Jackson
Co. AL, McNairy Co. TN, Lawrence Co. AR. died 1899; William J. Holder, born
1860, died 1899, Lawrence Co. AR. This sample belongs in group D; see also samples #29 and #60.
#13 Group A. USA: William P. Holder born 1815 in Murphy, Cherokee County, NC & Margaret
Sherrill; William Clayton Holder (b. Oct. 22, 1848 in NC, d.November
09, 1923) & Harriet Evelyn Dunlop; William Newman Holder (b. December
31, 1875 in Parker County Texas, d. January 09, 1945 Deming, New
Mexico) & Dora Leddenham.
#14 Group A. USA:William Holder & Mary Ann Hardin?? > Daniel Holder & Nancy Standeford Orange Co. NC > William Henderson Holder & Nancy Hauser, Stokes/Forsyth Co. NC > Daniel P. Holder, Indiana
#15 Group H. USA: Abraham Holder b. ca. 1782-90 VA to PA > Thomas J. Holder b. 1825 PA > Lebeus Holder b. 1851 PA
#16 Group B. USA: Henry Holder (1803-1872) PA>IN, married Sarah Pinkley [in some trees as Elizabeth Pinkley, but the sponsor of this DNA sample believes that Sarah is correct] > Joseph Holder (1839-1922, Indiana)
#17 Group A. USA: William P. Holder b. ca. 1815 NC - d. ca. 1860 Polk Co. AR) > William Clayton Holder (1848 NC - 1923 Lynn Co. TX) > Ben Rogers Holder (1889-1968 TX)
#18 Group D. USA: Jeptha Holder, Pittsylvania Co. VA and Randolph Co. NC > David Meredith Holder b. 1823 > David Michael Holder b. 1867
#19 Group D. USA: Gabriel Holder m. Rhoda Reed > Laban Rice Holder m. Armilda Lair > Jeremiah C. Holder m. Mary Ann Kelsey
#20 Group A. USA: William B. Holder, born 1863 (location unk), married Ollie Jones in Alabama and later moved to Wichita Falls TX
#21 Group D. USA: John Holder (d. White Co. TN 1863), thought to be a son of Davis Holder of Pittsylvania Co. VA
#22 Group D. USA: Solomon Holder of Franklin Co. TN, Wilson Holder
#23 Group D. USA: Dempsey Holder of Wilkes Co. NC > James Holder.
#24 Group D. USA: Lane Holder of White and Perry Counties TN >Isaac Holder -> Parker Co. TX > Laney Clinton Holder
#25 Group G. USA: Alston Holder of Warrick Co. IN (see sample #11. This is thought to be the same Alston Holder who appears in Spartanburg SC in 1800) > Lorenzo Wesley Holder (1817-1893) > Lorenzo Wesley Holder Jr. (1860-1937)
#26 Group B. USA: John Holder 1694-1784, m. Barbara Volck (see sample #2) > George Holder and Elisabeth Biehler > George Ludwig Holder and Elizabeth Morris > Joseph Holder and Susannah Leinbach (moved from Stokes Co. NC to Bartholomew Co. IN) > Lewis Cornelius Holder and Louisa Ann Gilbert > Alexander Elmer Holder and Eudora Edna Lockert
#27 Group A. USA: Elisha Holder > Shadrack Holder b. 1776 in Bertie Co. NC and Minnie Dunning > Thomas Holder b. 1807 KY and Lucinda Hildrith > Peter H. Holder b. 1832 KY and Henrietta White > Peter O. Holder b. 1877 Bollinger Co. MO
#28 Group H. USA: James Holder b. 1812 Harrison Co. VA (now WV) and Margaret Humphry > David William Holder (1847-1887) and Susan Clark Huls, Illinois/Missouri > James William Holder (1890-1982) and Charlotte Emily Brega, Missouri/Illinois
#29 Group D. USA: John Holder and Agnes Bledsoe (VA to AL) > Thomas Martin Holder > Bennett Holder > Henry Johnson Holder (b. AL, d. AR) > William Thomas Holder > James Bartley Holder Sr.
#30 Group J . USA: Sion Holder b. abt 1821 NC m. Sarah Harvill, in Harnett Co. NC 1860 and 1870 > Thomas Jefferson Holder b. abt 1858 NC d. ? FL spouse 1) Flora Margaret Priest, NC 2) Mattie Lee Campbell, FL
#31. USA: donor has not responded to requests for ancestry
#32. USA: This kit was never returned to FamilyTreeDNA, but we do have ancestral information from the original submission.This family appears to have moved from Alabama to Milam Co. TX between about 1884 and 1890, based on birthplaces of children in the 1900 census. We have been unable so far to get an unequivocal identification of the donor's direct ancestors in the 1880 census, but there are hints that they connect to a family in Jackson Co. AL who trace back to John Holder and Agnes Bledsoe; see samples #7 and #29, both of which are also supposed to connect to this couple, but don't match each other.
#33 Group D. USA: John Presley Holder (1813-1873) and Mary Longacre, Hood Co. and Somervell Co. TX
#34 Group A. USA: Newman Jackson Holder (1818-1896), born NC, died Texas, married Martha Ann Moss in Cherokee Co. NC 1847; in Hood Co. TX 1870s-1880s, moved to Donley Co. TX late 1880s. We suspect Newman Jackson Holder is the brother of William P. Holder (see #13).
#35 Group D. USA: Joseph P. Holder b. 1797 VA, d. 1881 Searcy Co. AR > Spencer Holder b. ca. 1836 TN, d. 1890 AR > Perry Holder 1864-1946, AR
#36 Group K. USA: Thomas Peyton Holder (ca. 1815-1886), Bibb or Jackson Co. AL ? Winston Co. MS; Charles Thomas Holder (1840-1936); his son born MS, later moved to Michigan. This sample defines group K.
#37 Group D. USA: Elisha Garrison Holder
b. abt 1813 Warren County, Kentucky, d. abt 1887 Bastrop County, Texas; thought to be son of Jesse P. Holder born about 1789, Virginia. This sample appears to belong in the D2 group.
#38 Group L. USA: James Martin Holder b. 1818, m. Sally McClure, Greenville SC -> Cherokee Co. GA -> Putnam Co. GA. This sample is unique so far, and defines group L.
#39 Group B. USA: John Holder 1694-1784, m. Barbara Volck (PA; see sample #2) > George Holder and Elisabeth Biehler (NC) > Heinrich Holder and Maria Hein > Benjamin Stanford Holder and Emily George > James Henry Holder and Susanna Stewart. This sample is in Group B.
#40 Group D. USA: John Holder and Agnes Bledsoe > Moses Franklin Holder (ca. 1780-ca.1870) > Mark Holder (1802-bef 1860), lived Jackson Co. AL and Franklin Co. TN > Crocket Holder (1843-1910) born Jackson Co. AL, died Marion Co. TN. Based on the first 12 markers, this is a Group D sample.
#41 Group K. USA: Thomas Peyton Holder (ca. 1815-1886), Bibb or Jackson Co. AL ? Winston Co. MS; Charles Thomas Holder (1840-1936). This sample is from a relative of the submitter of sample #36 (group K) and matches that one exactly.
#42 Group B. USA: John Holder 1694-1784, m. Barbara Volck (PA; see sample #2) > Charles Holder (1744-1808, PA to NC) > John Holder (1773-1824) > John Timothy Holder (1812-1870) > Wesley W. Holder (1852-1930, Forsyth Co. NC)
#43 Group M CARIBBEAN: donor is from Trinidad, ancestors probably from Barbados.
#44 Group N ENGLAND: John Holder (ca. 1660-1731/32) Suffolk, England > Abraham Holder m. Sarah Driver > Thomas Holder m. Elizabeth Archer > John Holder (ca. 1771-bef. 1841) m. Mary Alderton > Thomas Holder (b. 1801) m. Sarah > Thomas Holder (b. 1829) m. 1) Ann, 2) Eliza Roe [family moves from Suffolk to Middlesex in this generation]> Thomas Holder (1857-?) m. Annie Maria Willmott > Henry Thomas Holder (1878-?) m. Elsie Amy Saunders (1891-1991)
#45 Group D. USA: Bledsoe Holder (1783-1861) and wife Elizabeth Stewart > William Lawson Holder (1821-1876) and wife Mary Ann Looney > Isaac Bledsoe Holder (1859-1935) and wife Frances Elida Ford. This sample matches sample #37 (group D) over 25 markers.
#46 Group D. USA: Solomon Holder (b ca. 1770-1775 SC, moved to Franklin Co. TN) > Ransom Holder > William M. Holder > Jeff Davis Holder. This group D sample is a perfect match on the first 25 markers for #22, a descendant of Solomon Holder through his son Wilson Holder.
#47 Group D. USA: Bledsoe Holder (1783-1861) and wife Elizabeth Stewart > William Lawson Holder (1821-1876) and wife Mary Ann Looney > Clinton Lafayette Holder (1845 Polk Co. MO-1897 Grayson Co. TX) and Comanche Delaware Strait. This sample differs from #45, also a descendant of William Lawson Holder, at only one rapidly changing marker. It is identical over 37 markers to sample #37, whose known ancestry does not go back as far as Bledsoe Holder's generation.
#48 Group O. We have no genealogical information yet on this sample, and only 12 markers have been tested. The results are unique so far in our study, and define group O. Haplogroup E-M35
#49 Group P. USA: William Holder, lived Lincoln Co. TN, died ca. 1915-1919, Madison Co. AL > John Lewis Holder. This sample defines group P.
#50 Group D. USA: George Wesley Holder (1845-1929) > William Bascom Holder (1871-1945). George Wesley Holder's father is uncertain, but he is thought to be related to samples #22 and #46, group D, probable descendants of Solomon Holder. The DNA results support this conclusion.
#51 Group Q. USA: Jeptha Holder > Branson Holder > James W. Holder > Seymour Holder > James Washington Holder, all Randolph Co. NC. Jeptha Holder is also the putative ancestor of samples #18 and #110, but #51 doesn't match either of them. We are defining the DNA results from sample #51 as Group Q. Another sample from this lineage would be very desirable.
#52. Kit was ordered in July 2007 but has not been returned to FTDNA
#53 Group J. USA: Sion Holder b. abt. 1821 NC, m. Sarah Harvill, in Harnett Co. NC 1860 and 1870 > Neill A. Holder, lived Robeson Co. NC. This sample matches #30 and #56, group J.
#54 Group D. USA: Jesse Prior Holder (1829-1920), Claiborne Parish LA > James Monroe Holder (1876-1929), Desoto Parish LA. This sample matches the D2 group.
#55 Group D. USA: Hawkins Holder (1800-1870), SC to Tishomingo Co. MS > John Oliver Holder (1843-1922), Jackson Co. AL/Franklin Co. TN to Tishomingo Co. MS > Joseph Columbus Sidney Holder (1874-1931), Tishomingo Co. MS. This sample matches the D2 group.
#56 Group J. USA: Sion Holder b. abt 1821 NC m. Sarah Harvill, in Harnett Co. NC 1860 and 1870 > Thomas Jefferson Holder b. abt 1858 NC, d. 1940 > Neill Jefferson Holder, lived NC. Except for what appears to be a recent mutation at DYS391, this sample matches #30 and #53, group J.
#57 Group R. USA: William Alexander Holder b. 1858 Greenville TN, d. 1885 Lucas Co. IA; said to be son of Johnson Holder and Nancy McKee.
This sample defined a new group, R, which now also includes samples #74 and #87.
#58 Group D. USA: William B. Holder (1870-1956) > Lester Holder (lived Oklahoma). This sample appears to match groups D2, D3 and D4. Only 12 markers were ordered, so it can't be placed more closely.
#59 Group S. England: Nathan Holder b. abt. 1770, place unknown; d. 1840 Bristol, England > James Holder 1811-1865 > Arthur Ernest Holder 1860-1937, came from England to USA, died in Florida
#60 Group D USA: Thomas M. Holder b. abt. 1778 Surry Co. NC, d. Jackson Co. AL. > Bennett Holder b. 1805 Greenville District SC, d. 1886 Lawrence Co. AR > Bledsoe "Bletch" Holder b. 1832 Jackson Co. AL, d. aft. 1880 Lawrence Co. AR
061. This kit was ordered from FTDNA in October 2008 but was never returned.
#62 Group D. USA: Charles (Charley) Holder, b. about 1803, d. after 1860, Warren Co. KY > John F. Holder (1837-1926), Edmonson Co. KY > John Franklin Holder (1874-1935) Edmonson & Warren Co. KY
#63 Group D. USA: Lane or Laney Holder, b. 1856, Perry Co. TN, probably the son of a John Holder
#64 Group D. USA: Davis M. Holder > Davis M. Holder (1854-1924) ? Benjamin Holder (1879-1945), Surry Co. NC
#65. USA: This sample comes from a family in western North Carolina, but does not match any of the other NC lines - or anyone else, for that matter. The predicted haplogroup is R1a1, but even within that group, it's an unusual Haplogroup. This will define Group T in our project.
Haplogroup R-M198
#66. USA: The donor of this sample is named Holder, but he has no matches so far, with any surname, at the 25-marker level, so becomes Group U in the project. We have not yet received any ancestral information.
#67 Group G. USA: Indiana. Based on the genealogy supplied by the donor, we expected this sample to match Group B, but found instead that it belongs in Group G. Since the later generations are known from family records, we suspect that there was a confusion of two Holder men with the same name in the 19th century, presumably in Indiana where these two family lines overlap.
#68 Group D. USA: James Winston Holder (ca. 1821-after 1880) > Elbert Joshua Holder (1865-1949). Alabama > Texas. This sample matches #37, #47, and #055, and is very close to several others.
#69 Group D. USA: Joseph Holder (SC to Franklin Co. TN) > Mitchell Holder. This sample matches #22, #46, #50, #71, #92 and #98.
#70 Group D. USA: William D. Holder (b. ca. 1831, probably Virginia), lived Surry/Wilkes Co. NC. This sample is very close to #5, #18, #19, and #33, but has not been tied to any of them by paper evidence yet.
#71 Group D. USA: Dempsey Holder , possibly a brother of Joseph Holder (sample #69). The DNA analysis confirms a close relationship between these two samples. Others in the same general group are #22, #46, #50, #92 and #98.
#72 Group D. USA: John and Ann Holder, Sampson Co. NC > Jesse Holder > Malachi Holder, NC to Georgia > William McGee Holder, lived Alabama
#73 Group B. USA: John Holder 1694-1784, m. Barbara Volck > John Holder b. 1725 > Jacob Holder 1757-1828 (a Loyalist who moved from PA to New Brunswick, Canada, at the time of the American Revolution) > Samuel Holder > Robert Holder
#74 Group R. This sample matches #57 and #87, Group R. We don't have ancestral information yet.
#75 Group A. This is a Group A sample.
#76 Group A. William Henderson Holder and Nancy Hauser, Stokes Co. NC > James Wesley Holder, NC to Indiana > William Arthur Holder.
#77 Group D. USA: This participant is an adoptee whose biological family is as yet unknown. His DNA matches samples in the D2b group.
#78 Group D. USA: John L.D. Holder (1796-1873, b. GA) and Martha Suttle, lived Winston Co. MS > Elijah L. Holder (1857-1907) and Margaret Elizabeth Ferguson. This sample also matches those in the D2b group.
#79 Group D. USA: Epson Holder (1803-1888) Stokes Co. NC > Hendricks Co. IN > Wayne Co. IA. This sample is in the D1 group; the closest matches are to samples #21 and #35.
#80 Group D. USA: Willis Holder (1789-1846) Laurens Dist. SC to Jasper Co. MS > William Albert Holder (1825-1903) Jasper Co. MS > Polk Co. TX > William Price Holder (1870-1942) Tyler and Polk Co. TX. This sample is in group D2b.
#81 Group F. USA: George Holter (abt. 1750-1820), Maryland > Jacob Holter (1776-1861) m. Catherine Neff, lived MD and PA > Jacob H. Holter (1819-1902) m. Catherine Pletcher, PA. We hypothesized that this sample might match the Group B Holder family, whose name occasionally appears as Holter in early records, but it does not. The DNA profile is similar to Holder sample #10, Group F. Sample #117 is also a descendant of George Holter of Maryland.
#82 Group D. USA: William Holder (abt 1811-1875, Jackson Co. AL; possibly a son of Thomas M. Holder - see samples #29 and #060) > Joseph H. Holder (b. about 1848, m. Julia Summers; lived Carter Co. OK). This sample is in group D2b.
#83. USA: James Marion Holder born abt 1863, lived in Shelby County, TN; conflicting census records on birthdate. This sample does not match any of the existing Holder groups.
#84. USA: This sample is from a descendant of a 19th century man who took his mother's Holder surname.
#85. USA: Thomas Holder (1876-1943) and Mary Faulk > William Alex Holder (1894-1970), Alabama. This sample matches #121. Both donors are named Holder, but their other matches are to other surnames. Durden occurs frequently among the matches.
#86 Group D. USA: John Holder (born abt. 174-1786) and Rachel Morrison, Sampson / Cumberland Co. NC to Cleburne Co. AL > Green Berry Holder (1823-1905) and Mary Ann Rhodes, NC via GA to Calhoun Co. AL: Josiah Gresham Holder (1846-1909) b. Fayette Co. GA, d. Henry Co. TN. This sample appears to be in group D2b.
#87 Group R. USA: William Alexander Holder and Viola Elveta Smith, Tennessee > Iowa. This sample matches samples #57 and #074, group R. This is consistent with the histories supplied for these participants.
#88. USA: Thomas F. Holder b. about 1827 in GA or TN? d: 1862-4? (maybe killed in Civil War?) m: Mahala "Hily" McAlpin, 1845, Greene Co. TN. Thomas may have been the son of Cornelius Holder of Surry Co. NC. This sample doesn't match anyone else in the Holder project, but shows several matches to people named Campbell.
#89 Group D. USA: Elisha Garrison Holder of Warren Co. KY. This sample is a perfect match over 37 markers with sample #37, which shares the same ancestry, and also matches the group D2b samples #47, #55, #68, and #80.
#90 Group A. USA: (Adam?) James Holder (1799-1882) NC to Monroe Co. GA > Thomas Jefferson Holder (1839-1889) > John Thomas Holder (1877-1956), Henry Co. GA. This sample is in Group A, and most closely resembles sample #27.
#91 Group W. USA: William Holder b. 1793 and Sabre Keen, lived Cumberland Co. NC > William Holder b. 1816 and Nancy Mason, Harnett Co. NC > Malcolm James Holder (1851-1916) and Sarah Jane McLean. This sample matches samples #101 and #108. We suspect that William b. 1793 may have been a son of George Holder born before 1755, the earliest reported ancestor of sample #108. These samples define Group W. Their Y-Haplogroup is T-M70.
#92 Group D. USA: Solomon Holder of Franklin Co. TN > William M. Holder 1818-1910 of Madison Co., AL
This sample belongs to group D, and is closely related to #22, #46, #50, #71, and #98.
#93 Group V. USA: James Wilbur Holder of Alachua Co. FL. Samples #93 and #94 define group V. The donors are known to be relatives.
#94 Group V. USA: see sample #93.
#95. UK > Sweden > Norway. Samuel Houlder is said to have been from Gloucestershire, but was married in Wales to Sarah Jones, who was from London. They emigrated to Sweden in the 1790s, and then to Norway in the 1800s. The results don't match any others in the Holder project.
#96 Group D. USA: Daniel Holder (1796 - aft 1870) born probably VA, lived KY, m. Sally Mariah Tinsley > Fielding Holder (1834-1894) m. Elizabeth Wood, born KY, > TX > Edward Holder (1868-1956) born Muhlenberg Co, KY > Hood Co, TX> Custer Co, OK; m. Louisa Caldwell
#97. USA: Luda Holder b. 1827 SC or GA, d. 1862 in Atlanta from war injury; m. Martha Cook in Carroll Co. GA, 1846. The DNA matches sample #122. No group designations has been assigned yet.
#98 Group D . USA: Solomon Holder b. 1774; descendants to Pendleton Co. SC and Franklin Co. TN > Alfred Holder 1797 Pendelton Dist. SC to Dade Co. MO > William James Holder 1835 Madison Co. AL, to MO > Richard Willis Holder. This ancestry is closest to sample #8 in our project, but the DNA is a closer match to samples #22, #46, and #92. Samples #22 and #46 are also descendants of Solomon Holder, but through his sons Wilson and Ransom Holder.
#99 USA: George Holder ca 1750, Duplin and Sampson Counties NC. Based on location we predicted this sample would fall in group J, but it appears to be unrelated, and doesn't match any other Holder sample so far.
#100 Group D USA: Name unknown; family from Jasper, Covington and Smith Co. MS. There was a name change in this family in the 1800s, when a child took his step-father's name, but biologically this sample is a perfect match for group D2b Holders.
#101 Group W USA: Nelson Holder Ritchie (1840-1913), born in Missouri to parents whose names we don't know yet. In the 1880 and later censuses, he says his parents were from North Carolina. This sample matches #91 and 108. The common ancestor has not yet been identified.
#102 Group D USA: Elijah Newton (E.N) Holder (1865-1905), maybe born Wilkinson Co. GA, d. Bibb Co. GA > Clarence William Holder b. 1893 Bibb Co. GA, d. 1958 York Co. SC. This sample is a perfect match for #37.
#103 Group D USA: Unknown ; This DNA donor is an adoptee whose ancestry is not known yet. This sample is a perfect match for #8.
The data for the remaining samples have not yet been added to the summary and surname group pages.
#104 Group B USA: John Holder 1694-1784, m. Barbara Volck > John Holder b. 1725 > Jacob Holder 1757-1828 (a Loyalist who moved from PA to New Brunswick, Canada, at the time of the American Revolution) > Samuel Holder. As expected, this sample's closest Holder match is #73. The data have not yet been added to the Group B page.
#105 Group D USA: Henry Crockett Holder 1857-1927, Sevier Co. AR > Sabine TX. The closest matches to this sample are #60 and #72. The data have not yet been added to the Group D page.
#106 Group P USA: Unknown. This person is a close match for sample #49, but does not have the surname Holder. He has left the project.
#107 Group D USA: John Holder , from Missouri. This sample's closest matches are in Group D2. The data have not yet been added to the Group D page.
#108 Group W USA: George Holder, b. before 1755, lived Duplin and Sampson Counties NC; will dated 1799, Sampson Co. NC > George Vincent Holder, Duplin, Sampson, Cumberland and Harnett Counties NC > Wiley Holder > John V. Holder. This sample matches #91 and #101.
#109 Group D USA: This person joined the project in March 2016, but tested only 12 markers. Based on those, he appears to be in Group D2. We have no ancestral information yet, and the data have not yet been added to the Group D page.
#110 Group D USA: Jeptha Holder (1774-1748) North Carolina > David Meredith Holder > David Michael Holder. This family lived in Randolph County NC. This person shares ancestry with sample #18.
#111 Group D USA: Louis Thomas Holder b. about 1828, lived Madison Co. AL. This sample appears to be in Group D2c.
#112 Group D USA: No information yet.
#113 Group D USA: unknown The donor is an adoptee whose research is still in progress.
#114 Group D USA: Robert Francis Tapscott 1817-1874, Virginia. The DNA for this sample is clearly Holder, with the closest matches being samples #5 and #19. Tapscott family researchers think that Robert Francis Tapscott was the son of a man named Holder.
#115 Group D USA: John Henry Holder 1860-1912, Franklin Co. TN to. Coffee Co. TN > Claude Holder (1884-1936) Coffee Co. TN to Garland Co. AR. This sample's closest matches are #37, #46, #71 and #92.
#116 Group D USA: James Holder (1808-1855), Burke Co. NC > James Calvin Holder (1838-1895) Caldwell Co. NC.
#117 Group F. USA: George Holter (abt. 1750-1820), Maryland. This sample resembles #81, also a descendant of George Holter, and #10, whose name is Holder. Another sample from a man named Holter does not match these, or any Holders.
#118 Group D USA: John Holder (1795- ) m. 13 Dec 1812 in Pittsylvania Co. VA to [Amelia / Permely] Pamelia "Permelia" Cox. Sample #70 shares this family history.
#119. The donor has not made his information available yet.
#120. USA: Although the donor is named Holder, the DNA profile matches other surnames, including Shotwell, Grady, Gill, Troglin, White and Trogdon.
#121. USA: This sample is a close match to #85, whose ancestors are from Alabama. Both donors are named Holder, but their other matches are to other surnames. Durden occurs frequently among the matches.
Haplogroup E-M35
#122. USA: Luda Holder b. 1827 SC or GA, d. 1862 in Atlanta from war injury; m. Martha Cook in Carroll Co. GA, 1846. This sample matches #97, who shares the same ancestry. No group designation has been assigned yet.
#123 Group A USA: This sample is a perfect match for sample #1 over 25 markers. We have no ancestral information yet.
#124. USA: The donor of this sample is not named Holder, but his more distant Y-DNA matches over 67 markers include samples #8 and #72. The genetic distance suggests the most recent common ancestor with these two persons lived at least several hundred years ago.
#125 Group D USA: Joseph P. Holder (1797-1881) Virginia > Searcy County, Arkansas. This sample shares family history with #35.
#126 Group D USA: No ancestral information is available yet.
#127 Group D USA: Although the donor of this sample is not named Holder, his DNA matches other samples in Group D.
#128 USA: This DNA donor has Holder ancestry in New York and New Jersey, and does not match any other sample to date.
Several other men whose surname is not Holder have also affiliated with our project, but since none of these matches any existing Holder sample, and we've received no ancestral information indicating a male-line Holder connection, they have not been assigned sample numbers.
Haplogroup I-M253
1880 census:
Hosea Frank Holder 1873-, Warrick Co. IN (109)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Bennett Holder 1805-?, Lawrence Co. AR (177)
Thomas Holder 1828-1910, Lawrence Co. AR (199)
This sample matches group A over 24 of 25 markers, the only difference being in the rapidly mutating marker DYS 458.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
William Clayton Holder 1848-1923, Parker Co. TX (301)
William Newman Holder 1875-1945, Parker Co. TX (305)
This sample matches group A. Sample #76 is related.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Daniel P. Holder 1855-1941 should be present, but I haven't found him yet.
His brother James Wesley Holder is in Bartholomew Co. IN
This sample defines group H. Sample 028 appears to belong in this group also.
Haplogroup I-M253
1880 census:
Thomas J. Holder 1825-1895, Greene Co. PA (27)
Lebeus Preston Holder 1851-1916, Greene Co. PA (29)
This sample belongs to group B.
Haplogroup I-P37
1880 census:
Joseph Holder (1839-1922), Henry Co. IN (64)
An error at Family Tree DNA initially showed this to be a unique group. The corrected results indicate that this matches group A, as expected.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
William Clayton Holder 1848-1923, Parker Co. TX (301)
This sample belongs to group D.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
David Meredith Holder 1823-?, Randolph Co. NC (157)
David Michael Holder 1867-1946, Randolph Co. NC (161)
This sample belongs to group D.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Jeremiah C. Holder 1840-1891, Russell Co. KY (158)
This sample matches the consensus profile for group A1 samples on all of the first 25 markers.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
William B. is expected to be in Alabama or Texas, but hasn't been located yet.
In 1900 he was in Limestone Co. TX.
This sample belongs to group D.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
John Denton Holder 1838-1901, White Co. TN (430)
This sample belongs to group D.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Thomas Adolphus Holder, Upshur Co. TX (185) as Dolph Holder
This sample is also appears to belong in group D, but is not a perfect match for any of the others analyzed to date.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Hezekiah Holder ca. 1840-?, Butler Co. MO (132)
William Greenway Holder 1867-?, Butler Co. MO (133)
This sample belongs to group D.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Isaac Laney Holder 1833-1892, Parker Co. TX (95)
Laney Clinton Holder 1860-, Parker Co. TX (99)
As expected, this sample matches #11 (group G).
Haplogroup I-M253
1880 census:
Lorenzo Wesley Holder 1817-1893, Warrick Co. IN (209)
As expected, this sample matches #2 and #16.
Haplogroup I-P37
1880 census:
Joseph Holder 1804-1889, Bartholomew Co. IN (33)
Lewis Cornelius Holder 1836-1912, Bartholomew Co. IN (3)
This sample appears to belong to Group A but differs from the consensus for that group at one marker.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Peter H. Holder 1832-, Bollinger Co. MO (45)
This same matches #15, Group H.
Haplogroup I-M253
1880 census:
David William Holder 1847-1887, Johnson Co. MO (212)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Henry Johnson Holder 1826-1901, Lawrence Co. AR (179)
William Thomas Holder 1857-1900, Lawrence Co. AR (195)
This sample defines group J, and is a perfect match over the first 25 markers with sample #53, also a Sion Holder descendant. The two samples have two differences in rapidly changing markers in the 26-37 panel. Sample #56, also from Thomas Jefferson Holder, differs by what appears to be a recent mutation at DYS391.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Sion Holder 1824-1903, Harnett Co. NC (541)
Thomas Jefferson Holder 1858-?, hasn't been located in the 1880 census yet.
The first 12 markers for this sample do not match any other Holder submission to date, and because of the limited information available this sample has not been given a group designation.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Andrew Jackson Holder 1857-1932, Somervell Co. TX (252)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Newman Jackson Holder 1818-1896, expected in Hood Co. Texas but not located yet
This sample belongs to group D and is a perfect match for #21 over the first 25 markers; they differ at marker 36 (DYS442). We think both these samples trace back to Davis Holder of Pittsylvania Co. VA, but we don't know exactly how they are related.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Spencer Holder 1836-1890, Searcy Co. AR (39)
Perry Holder 1864-1946, Searcy Co. AR (42)
Haplogroup I-M253
1880 census:
Thomas Peyton Holder 1815-1886, Winston Co. MS (143)
Charles Thomas Holder 1840-1936, Winston Co. MS (31)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Elisha Garrison Holder 1813-1887, expected in Texas but not found yet
Elisha Green Holder 1847-1927, Limestone Co. TX (336)
Haplogroup I-M253
1880 census:
James Martin Holder ca. 1818-, Putnam Co. GA (199)
Thomas Jackson Holder ca. 1858-, Putnam Co. GA (201)
Haplogroup I-P37
1880 census:
Benjamin Stanford Holder 1817-1888, Lawrence Co. IN (127)
James Henry Holder 1852-, Lawrence Co. IN (122)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Crocket Holder 1843-1910, Franklin Co. TN (96)
Haplogroup I-M253
1880 census:
Thomas Peyton Holder 1815-1886, Winston Co. MS (143)
Charles Thomas Holder 1840-1936, Winston Co. MS (31)
As expected, this sample matches others in group B.
Haplogroup I-P37
1880 census:
Wesley W. Holder 1852-1930, Forsyth Co. NC (419)
This sample is unique so far and defines Holder group M.
Haplogroup E-M2
This is our first sample from an English lineage, and it matches no other Holder sample. Family Tree DNA predicts it is in Haplogroup N3A, which is found in Finland and Russia, primarily among native Siberians. There is a possible name change in the 19th century, when a son may have taken his step-father's Holder name. This sample defines group N.
Haplogroup N-M178
Haplogroup R-M269
More information on Bledsoe Holder, from Mary Urban [pdf file]
1880 census:
Isaac Bledsoe Holder 1859-1935, Grayson Co. TX (152)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
William M. Holder 1822-?, Franklin Co. TN (321)
Jeff Davis Holder, Franklin Co. TN (322)
Haplogroup R-M269
More information on Bledsoe Holder, from Mary Urban [pdf file]
1880 census:
Clinton Lafayette Holder 1845-1897, Grayson Co. TX (147)
This haplogroup is most common around the Mediterranean, southern Europe and north and east Africa.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
William Holder 1865-1929, uncertain; maybe Warren Co. TN (294)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
George Wesley Holder 1845-1929, probably Franklin Co. TN (174) as "Geery W."
This person tested with another company, not Family Tree DNA, and we don't have a haplogroup designation for him.
1880 census:
James Washington Holder, Guilford Co. NC (235)
Seymour (Semore) Holder, Guilford Co. NC (238)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Sion Holder 1824-1903, Harnett Co. NC (541)
Neill Holder hasn't been located yet
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Jesse Prior Holder 1829-?, probably Caddo Parish LA (1)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
John Oliver Holder 1843-1922, Tishomingo Co. MS (87)
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Sion Holder 1824-1903, Harnett Co. NC (541)
Thomas Jefferson Holder hasn't been identified yet
Haplogroup I-P37
Haplogroup R-M269
This sample defines yet another new group, which we're calling S.
Haplogroup R-M269
[Some genealogies give Thomas M. Holder's death date as 1823, but that appears to be the death date of a Martin Holder in Jackson Co., whereas Thomas Holder is in the 1840 census for that county.]
This sample belongs to group D2.
Haplogroup R-M269
1880 census:
Bennett Holder, Lawrence Co. AR (177)
Bledsoe Holder, Lawrence Co. AR (170)
This sample belongs to group D2.
Haplogroup R-M269
This sample shows a score of 15 rather than 14 at DYS19 (= DYS394), which places it in the D1 group, and a novel 23 rather than 24 at DYS447.
Haplogroup R-M269
As expected from the ancestry, this is also a D1 sample. However, it has an increase of 1 at the paired markers DYS389-1 and DYS389-2, and two other changes in rapidly changing markers, suggesting a possibly more distant connection, and/or new mutations in this branch.
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This line is related to sample #14.
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